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Pope Benedict XVI spoke boldly against the exploitation of innocent children, by means of which the videogame industry has amassed its enormous fortune. Speaking to the one billion faithful, a sixth of the planet's population, the Pope advised parents to restrict children from exposure to games. The religious leader, whose own childhood in Germany was sheltered by the loving guidance of the Hitler Youth organization, decried the exaltation of violence by popular culture. "I appeal to the leaders of the media industry to educate and encourage producers to safeguard the common good, to uphold the truth, to protect individual human dignity and promote respect for the needs of the family," said the Sovereign of the Vatican State. "Any institution that would undermine human dignity and obscure the truth cannot be tolerated by the Catholic Church."
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